1 / 4 Over 300 sheep were gathered at Peixian County in Xuzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, for a fighting tournament on Sunday. /VCG Photo
2 / 4 Sheep owners from three provinces - Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shandong - organized the tournament to celebrate next month’s Spring Festival. /VCG Photo
3 / 4 Sheep fighting is a traditional form of Chinese entertainment, said to have originated in the area now known as Shandong Province during the Three Kingdoms era. /VCG Photo
4 / 4 A previous, smaller tournament took place on Dec. 26, 2017. /VCG Photo